The “little fighter” niece of a champion Liverpool boxer has donated her hair to charity.

Olivia, the eight-year-old niece of Rocky Fielding, cut off her long locks for the Little Princess Trust, which makes real-hair wigs for cancer patients and alopecia sufferers.

Olivia goes to St Paul’s Junior School in West Derby and loves hair, makeup, animals - and boxing.

Today she waved goodbye to ten inches of hair to make a wig for a sick child.

Rocky Fielding with eight-year-old niece Olivia

She said: “I’m doing it because I’m helping people who have cancer and people who have patches in their hair. When it grows back I want to do it again and again.”

Olivia’s uncle, Rocky, told the ECHO: “She’s bang into going on YouTube and looking at hairdressers and how girls do their hair and makeup.

“It’s brave of her to do because for a girl to go and cut her hair, they all want to grow it as long as they can. Hopefully she can inspire more kids her age to do stuff like this.”

Olivia may love hair and cosmetics, but she also enjoys the odd rumble with the super middleweight champion.

Rocky said: “She’s a little fighter after me, she loves it. I mess around with her on the (boxing) pads and she always likes to have a little go and she likes coming to watch me fight.

Olivia, 8, said: "Im doing it because I'm helping people who have cancer and people who have patches in their hair."

“But she wants to be a vet when she’s older - she wants to look after animals. And she’s doing this as well, she’s got that kind of heart - a heart of gold.”

Olivia’s mum, Karen, from West Derby, said: “She just came up with this of her on her own accord. She’s been watching videos on YouTube of how to make wigs for kids with cancer and alopecia and she just asked me if she could do it herself.”

Olivia’s crowdfunding page has raised over £1,200 which will be donated to the Little Princess Trust.

The charity needs seven inches of hair to make a wig, which cost around £350 to make.